Sept. 21: Discussion: The politics of the anti-war movement

Sept. 21, 7:30 p.m.

The New SPACE Presents

THE POLITICS OF THE ANTI-WAR MOVEMENT
A discussion with Bill Weinberg

Hard-left elements [note: this is not a term I would ever use, in fact, it probably includes me, but anyway, the discussion sounds interesting] of the anti-war movement affirm the abstract right of the Iraqi people to resist the occupation, but fail to grapple with the realities of Iraq's actually-existing armed resistance. The more moderate elements dodge the question entirely.

Yet there is an active left opposition in Iraq that opposes the occupation, the regime it protects, and the jihadi and Baathist "resistance" alike. It is this besieged opposition, under threat of assassination and persecution, which is fighting to keep alive elementary freedoms for women, leading labor struggles against Halliburton and other U.S. contractors, and demanding a secular future for Iraq. For all the incessant factional splits in the U.S. anti-war movement, providing this real, progressive Iraqi resistance concrete solidarity is not even on the agenda. [note: whose agenda? But then that's what the discussion is about]

How can we build an effective anti-war movement which is based on principles of international solidarity, and loan a voice to our natural allies in Iraq? Join us in a discussion with award-winning journalist Bill Weinberg.

Bill Weinberg is author of Homage to Chiapas: The New Indigenous Struggles in Mexico (Verso 2000), and editor of the on-line
World War 4 Report . He is also co-host of the weekly Moorish Orthodox Radio Crusade Tuesdays at midnight on WBAI, 99.5 FM in NYC.

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